christmas 2009, originally uploaded by Lizi Beth. isn’t it wonderful that on the darkest day of the year, December 21, the candles and lights shine the brightest?it’s something to ponder in relation to other aspects of life, too…………. I love that Christmas, the day we celebrate the Light of the World being come to earth, directly follows the darkest day of the year. Somehow it seems to be full of meaning to me.
memories, originally uploaded by Lizi Beth. Both my grandmas were wonderful cooks.Grandma Jacobsen always made this tea ring for Christmas breakfast, and the plate in this picture is from Gramma Moose who organized her church’s Christmas Tea each year. They each had their specialty dishes: Grandma J. always made goulash for everyone to eat the first night we of our visit (it’s an easy dish to rewarm in case we arrived late, which we often did since we drove 3…
stretchhhhhhhhhhh, originally uploaded by Lizi Beth. she can just barely touch the bells when she stretches, and every now and then we hear the bells jingling and know that she is at the door again. :)
I finished knitting Emma’s dress a few days before Thanksgiving, just perfect since I had been imagining it as her holiday dress for this year. It is a rather simple pattern, once you figure out how the yoke is laid out. :) I found it in The Expectant Knitter and knit it up in Pattons “Grace” cotton yarn instead of the silk that the pattern recommended and like it just as well. It is light enough to to be a…
I put a large bowl of clementines on our coffee table, thinking that even if Emma could reach it she wouldn’t be able to damage them (the worst she could do would be to suck on the fruit). Well, our little one has longer arms than I thought! And now she spends several minutes after each nap standing at the coffee table under our window pulling clementines out of the bowl and either dropping them or handing them to me….
Charlie Brown is very much a part of my Christmas memories, so imagine how wonderful it was to find that hulu had posted “A Charlie Brown Christmas” for all of us cheapskates to watch online. Merry Christmas!!!!! (a little early)
, originally uploaded by Lizi Beth. with this baby I am craving citrus. it doesn’t really matter what kind, so long as it has that wonderful citrus-y smell and taste. and doesn’t cost too much.Clementines have been the best bargain so far, and I have eaten my way through several pounds of them in the past few weeks. They are just so juicy and good. But now that winter is getting into gear the oranges and grapefruit are coming down…
Emma has been loving her Daddy more and more, and now lights up for him as much as she does for me. It is so cute to watch her get excited when he gets home from work! Now if I can only teach her how to say “Da-da” ….
I was talking with my sister-in-law yesterday about different slow cooker recipes for chicken and pork, and I mentioned this one that I have made a few times. It is written for pork, but I’ve always made it with chicken. It turns out so yummy and (because the meat gets pulled) it’s perfect for meat that you’ve over-cooked that has gotten tough or “gummy”. It also makes the house smell great!!!! Pulled Pork (or Chicken) Tacos adapted from Real Simple…